Sideblog Archive
February 28, 2025
It’s morning time (somewhere) and your brain isn’t quite ready. It needs a bit of an extended warmup to get full up to speed and the news headlines are too toxic. What do you recommend to get the ol’ noggin going? Member actuallyquite is ready for your recommendations over in Ask MetaFilter, whatcha’ got?
Also in AskMe is a short question by moonmilk, where the actual creator in question shows up!
February 27, 2025
Ten years ago we were arguing about whether a certain dress was blue or gold, each of certain we were right.
Now chavenet has shared a look back at the incident and what we can learn about it and others when we literally see things differently.
February 26, 2025
Sciatrix knows a lot about rodents, and is more than willing to share a bit of her knowledge about Old World rats and mice!
February 25, 2025
[COMMUNITY]This week's Free Thread wants to know what you name your stuff!
MeFi Projects is a space for members to toot their own horn and link to something that they have done and wow has member malevolent done a great bit of tootin'! You'll see what we're talking about if you play his online game Stycraper and build a tower of junk!
February 24, 2025
Feeling political are you? Well, Jabo has put together an amazing collection of ways people can participate in the political process, while joannemerriam has a roundup of over 100 small press books which provide insight and guidance on what to do next. Let's go!
February 23, 2025
Here's a few recent MeFi posts you might have missed:
- Chavenet shared the continued hilarity of hitting reply all on a large email list.
- Mittens shared a link about the evil nerds that are causing your high power bill. There really is a cabal!
- Rcraniac posted several links about the gift economy and gift thinking
- GCU Sweet and Full of Grace noted Amazon is ending downloads for Kindle. BOOO!
February 22, 2025
Recent music posts have had a couple of greats hits (get it?!). First, box shared an interview with Neko Case and her recent memoir. Meanwhile, in Ask MetaFilter, Serene Empress Dork put out a request for quiet and pretty songs, and the recommendations are great. Wordshore created a couple of posts about the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest. Finally, Lemkin touches on The Peter Brötzmann Octet's classic album "Machine Gun", which is regarded as Europe's first jazz album.
February 21, 2025
Considering that it’s cockatoos, it kinda make sense. But yeah, the rumors are true, everyone's favorite ornery birds do prefer dunking their noodles in blueberry yogurt.
February 19, 2025
[COMMUNITY] DirtyOldTown is back with another FanFare roundup!
February 18, 2025
Feel good stories about cows! First up, a post about automated and voluntary milking of cows, shared by chariot pulled by cassowaries. Then BlueHorse joined in with a post about cows getting pedicures! Anyone else moootivated to share links about our bovine cousins?!
February 17, 2025
[COMMUNITY] We may still in the midst of winter, but that won't stop this week's free thread!
Over in AskMetafilter, an anonymous US worker for the federal government in DC is seeking advice how they and their co-workers can cope with all the recent upheavals.
February 15, 2025
It's the weekend, and as Going To Maine's post notes, that means resting, relaxing and, ahem, chilling out While doing all that, please check out Wolfdog's post about the hardest working font in Manhattan!
February 14, 2025
Do you remember stacking cups in gym class? If so, come read the link that gottabefunky shared of how that came to be and meet the literal clown that got the craze started. Fastest to finish wins!
February 13, 2025
Grab some paper, your favorite beverage, and let’s make some origami! Faintdreams found a great website about that subject and it’s a fantastic guide, thank you!
February 12, 2025
The Week of Living Dangerously: Your FanFare Roundup: Oscar contenders , new series and episodes and, of course, the Super Bowl.
Bonus inside this week: a massive list of all of the A24 films posted on Fanfare.
Do you like dinosaurs? Then come ska punk/dad rock/indie folk out to an album 186 million years in the making!
That’s right, Professor Goldstein & The Adjuncts, among the mightiest musicians to ever trod this earth, have put out a new album, Songs about Dinosaurs!
February 11, 2025
"People tend to be horrified or intrigued": Eyelash is looking for weird food combos that people enjoy, and Mefites do not disappoint.
February 10, 2025
[COMMUNITY] Tell us something good! It's your weekly Free Thread! Or you can let us meta-pet your Meta Pet in the Metacritter Metatalk thread! 🐶🐱
February 9, 2025
Sow, sew, so!, so-so, sough, ... so?
February 8, 2025
Hey, it's the Belladonna Loop! Belladonna solves the knotty question of how this scarf was tied in this way?, with helpful illustration!
The best Sims post ever built. Flagged as fanatic.
February 7, 2025
Dobbs would really, really, really like their drawings of dogs to look like dogs, not alligators. So there's a request for apps, courses, videos, and/or instruction to get better at drawing. Please lend your advice if you have suggestions! Or just come on in to check out the excellent advice that's being shared!
February 6, 2025
Community member workingdankoch has created a fantastic science fiction audio drama titled Metropolis. It’s a murder mystery in neon utopia that may be slightly topical for US citizens or an excellent escape, you decide! An original science fiction audio drama!
February 5, 2025
[COMMUNITY] In the IRL subsite, paduasoy has posted Getting stuff done in February 2025 as a space to "support ourselves and each other in getting things done, whatever that means to you. Decluttering, organising, cleaning, admin, making progress on projects," including arts and crafts goals. Nice!
February 4, 2025
Look for the Helpers? We found them, and they are in a website near you! In Ask Me, alex1965 asks, What can I do in my spare time to benefit society?, while in Metatalk, Glinn posted Small Things, for people who "feel like they should be doing something or contributing something ... even if it's a small thing." Thank you both for helping us all to help each other! ✨
You have a Blüthner? *I* have a Blüthner! In Ask Me, vernondalhart asks, What should I expect / what should be included in renovating an old piano? and gets some super spot-on info from Pallas Athena
Fanfare This Week #5 brings us Best Documentary Feature nominees, new movies, what's new in TV, special events, and much more, including a new episode of Severance ... and its fictional self-help book "The You You Are" gets a real e-book. Enjoy! and thanks, DOT!
February 3, 2025
[COMMUNITY] حر, Free, Frei, Gratis, Dohainik ... It's your weekly Free Thread!
More female-fronted metal, you know, for the kids. Did you know signal has been posting a regular series showcasing great female-fronted metal bands since October? Now you know! It's basically a Mefi metal shredfest, is what it is.
February 2, 2025
[COMMUNITY] Mefi Music Radio Hour? In Metatalk, es_de_bah pitches a new Mefi Music podcast. What a great idea!
I am using it ecstatically – Ryvar comments with details and insights on Deepseek in _benj's post OpenAI Furious DeepSeek Might Have Stolen All the Data OpenAI Stole From
February 1, 2025
[COMMUNITY] It's a new month so does that mean Rhaomi is creating a new LinkMe thread? Yes, Virgina, yes it does.
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